drop in the ocean
Barely worth mentioning
A drop in the ocean is a tiny amount relative to what's needed—so small as to be insignificant.
The image is of a single water droplet against the vastness of the sea: The donation helped, but it was a drop in the ocean compared to the total debt.
Also *drop in the bucket*.
Lacking significance or weight
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- minorScale with lowered third
- triflingOf no real importance
immaterial · paltry · meager · minuscule · infinitesimal · puny · nugatory · insubstantial
Minute visible particle
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- blipMomentary signal flash
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- rippleMinor surface disturbance
flicker · moment · fleeting · ephemeral · transient · passing · microscopic · imperceptible
Beyond possibility of success
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- uselessWithout practical value
- ineffectualFailing to achieve purpose
- vainExcessively proud or futile
fruitless · unavailing · quixotic · token · gesture · symbolic · insufficient · inadequate
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- expanseUnbroken area of space
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- limitlessWithout any boundaries
abyss · fathomless · measureless · overwhelming · dwarfed · engulfed · swamped · outmatched
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- negligibleToo small to consider
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- minorScale with lowered third
trifling · immaterial · paltry · meager · minuscule · infinitesimal · puny · nugatory · insubstantial · pittance
speck
Minute visible particle
ripple · flicker · moment · fleeting · ephemeral · transient · passing · microscopic · imperceptible · unnoticed
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- uselessWithout practical value
- ineffectualFailing to achieve purpose
vain · fruitless · unavailing · quixotic · token · gesture · symbolic · insufficient · inadequate · unequal
vastness
State of being immense
limitless · abyss · fathomless · measureless · overwhelming · dwarfed · engulfed · swamped · outmatched · outweighed
- Insignificant thingstrivial, minor, small, tiny, negligible
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check
drop in the oceangame changer
Decisive transformative factor
tipping point · watershed moment · breakthrough · sea change · turning point
drop in the oceanlion's share
Greatest part of total
bulk · majority · the whole nine yards · the whole shebang · preponderance
drop in the oceangame changer
Decisive transformative factor
world of difference · sea change · lion's share · bulk · majority
drop, drops, dropped, dropping, dropper, droplet, droplets, ocean, oceans